KAYZO

Client Biography

Houston-born,
Los Angeles-based producer/DJ KAYZO, née Hayden Capuozzo, is one of the
fastest-rising electronic artists of this decade. From his humble beginnings as
an eager student at the Icon Collective music production school in L.A. to his
official debut as the winner of Insomniac Events’ Discovery Project competition
in 2012, KAYZO has since graduated from budding producer to breakthrough artist
in just over five years. Recognized as one of Billboard Dance’s 100 Artists of 2018, KAYZO is today a bona fide global act.

His
bass-fluid, shapeshifting sound and bold take on production has come to define
KAYZO’s electrifying style and creatively experimental direction, as best
captured on OVERLOAD,
his debut artist album. Released January 2018 on his own Welcome Records
imprint, distributed by Ultra Music, and counting more than 7 million streams
on Spotify alone, OVERLOAD encapsulates the new KAYZO sound: a
stimulating, cross-genre blend of rock theatrics and electronic futurism.

These
days, he’s taking the electronic-rock hybrid to new ground. In May 2018, he
remixed the 2000 alt-metal smash hit “Last Resort”
from nu metal icons Papa Roach. Dubbed a “real smasher” by Billboard,
the remix has amassed more than 5 million Spotify streams. Elsewhere, the
dubstep monster “Wake Up,”
his collaboration with RIOT, counts more than 13 million streams on Spotify,
with an additional 3 million on SoundCloud.

KAYZO’s
versatile sound—high-energy melodies bestrewn with pummeling beats—defies
genres and challenges sonic boundaries: In one single song, he’ll traverse
heavy metal via shredding guitar solos, dubstep-heavy bass, hardstyle-fueled
aggression, and hypnotizing psytrance loops. His flexibility as a producer has
earned him official releases with all the top dogs in electronic music and has
garnered him collaborations with and remix duties for electronic giants like DJ
Snake, Steve Aoki, and SLANDER, among many others. Most recently, he’s joined
the coveted roster of Ultra Music, where he’ll take the KAYZO sound to new
heights.

His
debut single with Ultra Music—“Forever,” a collaboration with Gammer—is scheduled
for release August 10. A tastemaker in his own right, KAYZO founded his own
artist-run imprint, Doghouse
Recordings, in 2016, which he
later relaunched as Welcome Records in 2017. He also hosts his biweekly Doghouse Radio show, which airs
every other Friday at 4pm PT/7pm ET on SiriusXM Channel 730 as part of
Insomniac Radio.

On the
live front, KAYZO’s genre-defying DJ sets and “high-octane performances” (Billboard)
have gained him a dedicated international following. To date, he’s performed
across the world’s top venues and festival stages including Lollapalooza,
Bonnaroo, Tomorrowland, EDC Las Vegas, Electric Zoo, Voodoo, Parookaville,
ÎleSoniq, and more. In 2018, he launched the 39-date Overload Tour, his
inaugural headlining North American trek in support of his OVERLOAD album.
He’s also hosted numerous Doghouse Takeover shows—large-scale events based on
KAYZO’s Doghouse brand—across the country, including a sold-out performance at
the iconic Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles in 2017. In 2019, KAYZO will
expand the Doghouse Takeover on a national scale.

Through
his fusion of genres and sounds, which seamlessly flows through hardstyle,
trap, bass, dubstep, metal, and beyond, KAYZO has crafted a style that is
ultimately and inimitably his own. Welcome to the Doghouse.